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May. 28th, 2013 01:56 pmI have been doing this for five months solid as of last week. I kind of can't believe I've stuck with it this long. I'm rather pleased with myself about that.
Week of May 20:
Books:
Between the Lives, Jessica Shirvington (Good story, excellent premise, overly facile and romantic ending. Also, the author is Australian, and she set the book in the United States. Which is not a problem, but Jesus fuck she should have had an American look over her manuscript. AMERIPICKING. IT IS A THING. We call them diapers, not nappies. We call them trash cans or garbage cans, not bins. And for the love of god, we never say "cheers." Seriously, I assumed the book was set in the UK until the narrator explicitly said otherwise, and then I was like, "Massachusetts? Are you kidding me?" It kept throwing me out of a book I otherwise really enjoyed, right up until the last few pages.)
Parallel, Lauren Miller (Basically the same ending. These are fascinating cosmic mysteries, goddammit, why do they have to end up being about boys? YA is such a frustrating genre sometimes.)
Television:
Doctor Who 7xsomething, "The Name of the Doctor" (Was this easily the best episode of this half of the series, or is it just that I'm back on my ADD meds? Moffat pulled all the shit I expected and then some more shit that hadn't occurred to me, and of course nothing made any sense, but at least I wasn't bored. Yay?)
Scott and Bailey 3x01
Warehouse 13 4x4 (The best episode so far this season. I love W13 dearly and for that reason I hope it wraps up soon, while it's still good. It's starting to show signs of aging and I hate watching a show I love hit that slow decline.)
Internet Media:
Corpse Party Let's Play (I don't generally list the internet stuff I consume, just to avoid spiralling into an anal-retentive mess about what counts and what doesn't and should I link everything and blah blah, but I spent over twelve solid hours absolutely enthralled by this thing, so it goes on the list, dammit. ( And I had a whole bunch to say about it, what a surprise. )
Week of May 20:
Books:
Between the Lives, Jessica Shirvington (Good story, excellent premise, overly facile and romantic ending. Also, the author is Australian, and she set the book in the United States. Which is not a problem, but Jesus fuck she should have had an American look over her manuscript. AMERIPICKING. IT IS A THING. We call them diapers, not nappies. We call them trash cans or garbage cans, not bins. And for the love of god, we never say "cheers." Seriously, I assumed the book was set in the UK until the narrator explicitly said otherwise, and then I was like, "Massachusetts? Are you kidding me?" It kept throwing me out of a book I otherwise really enjoyed, right up until the last few pages.)
Parallel, Lauren Miller (Basically the same ending. These are fascinating cosmic mysteries, goddammit, why do they have to end up being about boys? YA is such a frustrating genre sometimes.)
Television:
Doctor Who 7xsomething, "The Name of the Doctor" (Was this easily the best episode of this half of the series, or is it just that I'm back on my ADD meds? Moffat pulled all the shit I expected and then some more shit that hadn't occurred to me, and of course nothing made any sense, but at least I wasn't bored. Yay?)
Scott and Bailey 3x01
Warehouse 13 4x4 (The best episode so far this season. I love W13 dearly and for that reason I hope it wraps up soon, while it's still good. It's starting to show signs of aging and I hate watching a show I love hit that slow decline.)
Internet Media:
Corpse Party Let's Play (I don't generally list the internet stuff I consume, just to avoid spiralling into an anal-retentive mess about what counts and what doesn't and should I link everything and blah blah, but I spent over twelve solid hours absolutely enthralled by this thing, so it goes on the list, dammit. ( And I had a whole bunch to say about it, what a surprise. )